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Thursday, April 28, 2011

infectious mononucleosis

this week i managed to see a patient with this disease. a 4y 7m old boy with hx of fever and runny nose for 6 days. following then the mother noticed presence of lumps on bilateral part of the neck.

upon physical exanination, other LNs were also palpable; axillary, inguinal. per abd revealed hepatosplenomegaly.

differentials : cmv, malignancy ( leukemia/lymphoma), leptospirosis

infectious mono is a clinical diagnosis!

ivx : fbc to look for leukocytosis with lymphocytosis.
monospot test

tx : symptomatic / supportive tx. antiviral is not proven to be beneficial clinically!

1 shout outs!:

iamqilaf said...

what is tx ? :O

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